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Meet the people working on the holidays so you don't have to

8:27am December 09, 2023

The holidays aren't a holiday for everyone. We check in with people — from zookeepers to police officers — to hear what it's like to work on days when others are celebrating at home with loved ones.

Chuck E. Cheese, the frontman for the animatronic Munch's Make Believe Band at the Chuck E. Cheese location in Northridge, Calif. This animatronic band is the last remaining one in the United States as locations remodel in favor of screens and interactive dance floors.

Kids are losing the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics. They were for the parents, anyway

7:01am December 09, 2023

by Emma Bowman

The kids "eatertainment" chain is saying goodbye to its animatronics band. But not all are ready to let go of the fuzzy robot characters of their youth. One stronghold will keep the nostalgia alive.

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4 coffee table art books from 2023 that are a visual feast

6:00am December 09, 2023

by Heller McAlpin

This group ranges from a fabulous collection by contemporary, neurodiverse artists to Milton Glaser's pop art, and Aino and Alvar Aalto's Finnish modernist designs to a survey of Islamic architecture.

Murder in Boston is a three-part docuseries about the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart by her husband Charles Stuart. But it wisely focuses not on the murder itself, but on the police investigation — both its origins and the deep scars it left.

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'Murder in Boston' is what a docuseries should look like

5:00am December 09, 2023

by Linda Holmes

In 1989 Charles Stuart killed his wife in what he claimed was a carjacking by a Black man. A series about that murder and the police investigation that followed is more than another true-crime story.

Opening night at La Scala theater, in Milan Italy, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. The tradition of Italian opera singing is among the 55 cultural practices to be inscribed to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List this year.

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55 cultural practices added to UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

8:12pm December 08, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

More than 70 countries put forward nominations aimed at safeguarding a wide variety of diverse and unique traditions at a meeting in Botswana this week.

Tobin Bridge, which spans Boston to Chelsea, Mass.

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and gaming

5:00pm December 08, 2023

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the book Razorblade Tears, the game Assassin's Creed Mirage, and the shows Solitary and Murder in Boston.

How corn masa could help lower birth defect risks among Hispanic people

4:55pm December 08, 2023

by Bonnie Petrie

The CDC is urging manufacturers of a type of flour used to make foods like tortillas and tamales to add folic acid to help lower the risk of some birth defects in the Hispanic population.

Local radio host combines arcade music and classical

4:42pm December 08, 2023

by Alexander Gonzalez

A new 24/7 web stream on a classical music radio network combines video game music with classical.

'Latkes Con Salsa' melds Hanukkah favorites with Latin rhythms

4:42pm December 08, 2023

by Maayan Silver

It's a musical way to celebrate Hanukkah. Latkes Con Salsa — a Milwaukee project — mixes traditional Jewish melodies with Latin rhythms like bomba, salsa and merengue.

A breakdown of the issues at the center of Maori protests in New Zealand

4:42pm December 08, 2023

In New Zealand, thousands of indigenous Maori are protesting the new conservative government's plans to review a treaty that was signed by British colonists and Maori chiefs almost 200 years ago.